Doll eye mounting



' June 4, 1940. M, 'B R ET 2,202,896

DOLL EYE MOUNTING Filed Sept. 15, 1939 23 W Va; @2 I 22 l7 2/ I Morris BJZ Iggy & Max happ ATTORNEY.

Patented June 4, 194i) z,zo2,sat

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE."

Morris Buchner and Max Kapp, Bronx, N. Y. Application September 15, 1939, Serial No. 294,994

3 Claims.

The purpose of this invention is to provide an improvement in devices for mounting doll eyes in doll heads by which the eyes are permanently secured in place.

The invention is a doll eye mounting of the type having the eyes mounted on pins, in which the pins are forced into the head for holding the eyesin place, and in which the pins are formed with barbs or projections preventing removal of m the eyes.

' Doll eyes of this type have normally been formed with caps forming a base with liners therein, and a Celluloid cover at the front, with the pupils eitherprinted on the liner or freely 15 positioned therein, and the cap forming the base has been provided with a straight pin riveted or soldered therein, so that the pin may be forced into the doll head, and, although these are cemented, the pins work loose so that the eyes drop '20 out or children pull them out, and the eyes with the pins are objectionable because many children have been injured thereby, after removingthem from the dolls.

The object of this invention is, therefore, to

25 improve mountings of this type so that once the eyes are driven in place they cannot be removed without substantially tearing the head into parts.

A further object is to provide pins for doll eye ,mountings with barbed'surfaces to prevent re- 30 moval.

And a still further object is to provide doll eye mountings which positively prevent removal of the eyes which are of a simple and economical.

' construction. 35 With these ends in view the invention embodies doll .eyes'having covers with bases, and barbed pins secured-in the bases and extended backward therefrom.

Other features and advantages of the invention in connect'on with the drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view showing a doll eye with a pin having barbed edges.

Figure 2 is a view showing a front elevation of an eye of this type.

Figure 3 is across section through the pin.

a Figure 4 is a view looking toward the back of the eye.

Figure 5 is a detail showing the pin in elevation with a cross section through the head showing the mounting of the pin therein.

Figure 6 is a detail showing the head of the pin.

Figure 7 is a detail showing a cross section through a pin of .an alternate design in cross section.

will appear from the following description taken Figure 8 is a similar view showing another al-' ternate design in which the pin is square.

Figure 91s a similar view showing a round pin. Figure '10 is a similar view showing a pin of a triangular shape. 5

- Figure 11 is also a similar view showing a pin bent at the middle forming an L-shape or triangle. v

Figure 12 shows another alternate method of forming the pin or prong in which it is semicircular in cross section with the barbs extruded therefrom. v

In the drawing the mounting is shown as it may be made, wherein numeral I indicates the pin, numeral 2, the cup forming the base of the 15 eye, and'numeral 3, the transparent cover of the eye. I

I The pin or shank l is formed of a fiat piece of material with barbs 4 at the sides, and in the design shown in Figures 3 and 5, it is indented forming a groove 5 providing reinforcing and .adding suflicient strength to enable the shank or pin to. be forced into the material forming the head of a doll without bending, and, at the same time, making it possible 'to use a relatively thin 5 material.

The head of the pin isheld in'a slot 6 of the cap 2, and,.although it may be secured therein in any manner, or by any means, it is bifurcated, forming two projections I and 8, one of which 3 is bent in one direction and the other back-' ward, thereby riveting the head of the pin in the base, and the pin may be provided with a shoul- I der 9 against which the base is held by the projections. In the design shown in Figure 1, the eye is provided with a pin. Ill having barbs II, and the pin is secured in the base l2 of the eye l3 either as shown in Figure 5 or in any manner. ,The pin or shank may be provided with a groove 5, as shown in Figures 3 and 5', or the 40 shank may bestrai'ght, as shown. in Figure 1,

or it may be of any shape .in cross section, as illustrated in Figures 7 to 11, the shank l4 being elliptical in Figure '1, and provided with barbs l5, square in Figure 8 in which it is indicated by the numeral l6 and provided with barbs H at the corners, round as shown in Figure 9 in which the shank 'is indicated by the numeral i8, and this is provided with barbs l9, or triangular as shown in Figure 10, in which it is indicated by the numeral 20 and provided with barbs 2|. Figure. 11 is similar to that shown in Figure 3 except that the material of the pin or shank is bent in the form of an L or triangle, the mapin 24 is substantially semicircular with the barbs 25 extruded or stamped therefrom.

It will be understood that other changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. One of which changes may be in the use of the barb pin or the shank with the eye of any other type or design, another may be in the use of other means for holding the pin or shank in the eye, and still another may be in the useof other means for providing barbs on the pin.

The construction will be readily understood from the foregoing description. In use the eye may be provided as shown and described, and ,it will be noted that. when installing the eye in the head, the barbed shank may be forced into the head, and, once it is ,in place, it would be substantially impossible to remove it. It" may be further secured by cement if desired, however with the barbed shank as shown and described, a cement is not necessary.

The barbed shank is illustrated as having only several barbs on each side, and with the barbs relatively large however, for relatively compact or solid doll heads, comparatively small barbs,

corrugations, projections, or teeth may be used, and any number of barbs may be employed.

Having thus fully described the invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An attachable doll feature comprising a base and 9. prong mounting means, the header the prong being bifurcated, the said bifurcated portions adapted to pass through an opening in the base and then bent in opposite directions, a shoulder adjacent the bifurcated parts against which the base is secured by the said bifurcated parts.

2. An attachable doll feature as described in claim 1, characterized by barbs on the prong.

3. A doll eye comprising a base with a cover with a movable eye-ball therebetween, a-prong extending from the rear of the base providing the mounting means therefor, said device characterized in that the head of the prong is bifurcated with a shoulder against which the base is secured by the said bifurcated parts with the bifurcated parts bent in opposite directions, and further characterized in that the edges oi the prong are formed with barbs preventing removal of the eye from an object in which it may be inserted.

MORRIS BUCI-ENL'R. WAX KAPP. 

